Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1887-10-12

The old bridge of the olden stvle.
which has spanned the streams at Far
sons Hill on the Kenton road. has
been taken up and q new bridge of
heavy stone abutments and PROTECTING
wings, is to take its place. The cost
of the new bridge will be between 5000
and 500. Johnson Willard Is doin0
the mason work.
Now is the time when the "Buddie
Boy of the family starts out to hunt
work on Saturdays and succeeds. in
getting after an infinite amount of labor
salt sack half full of wormy chest
nuts, worth about three cents. This
8 cents IS, with much more, absorbed a
lew days after in buying solutions of
sugar OF lead to reduce his poisoned
oak swellings.
The probability is we shall now have
by spells of two or three DAYS at a time
the most delightful weather of all the
year. There is no country on the
globe that surpasses us in the beautv
and healthfulness of our autumn. II
Is season when outdoor occupation.
either for work or recreation, cannot
help but be beneficial. Let us make
the most of the next few week.
A. R. MORRISON, of New Castle. who
was awarded the contract for the ma
sonery work for building the bridge
over the stream at Duck Creek which
divides the two counties, expects to
have it completed sometime next
month. The work will be done bv the
King Iron and Bridge COMPANY. of
Cleveland, Ohio. The bridge will have
span of 81 feet and be II feet wide.
AT THE Elkton Fair Miss K T.
Storm took LIST premium on tile
etching, LIST on crayon portrait, 1st
on butterfly and cocoon in water colors
from nature. Miss Minnie Clement 1st
on embroidered towel, 1st on splasher.
LIST on painted tambourine, LIST on
autumn leaves from nature in water
colors, End on plaque in oil from nature
End on crayOn. Miss @. took six first
and six second premiums also at the
Dover Fair.
Two or three years ago the Odd Eel
lows made a spasmodic effort in the
direction of town clock, after which
the matter was quietly graded for a
sleep. This is a vigorous society, and
has the credit of carrying out ultimate
ly whatever it undertakes. Wouldn't
this be a good HWe TO wake IN the
sleeper, now that a tower is being nut
on the Town Hall? 1t is the a1nro-
pirate place for it.
QNE of our lady teachers took her
iICtie pupils out for walk a day or
two ago, passing the mill pond on the
way. When they came to this pretty
sheet of water, the prospective of
which is just now beautifully fringed
with autumn leaves and green sward.
one OF the little girls asked very inno
Gently if this was the milk pond. With
out intending 1t, doubtless, the artless
little creature had somehow connected
the mllkman who served them daily
with this sheet of water, and was sur
prlsed to find there was so much of IL
A PARTY of young ladies and gentle
men went ohestnutting ON Monday
afternoon, but necessarily under trees
which had been previously threshed BY
the boys. One of the young men
bought a quart of chestnuts from a
store before going, which he carried in
his pockets and cautiously scattered
them under the trees while the young
ladies were frisking about. The latter
did not feel their trip was entirely
barren of results however, for they got
at least the quart that was sOwn, but
deny that they picked them up from
under oak trees.
The social event among the colored
people last week was the the wedding
OF David J. Clayton and Sarah A,
Hemsley, which was solemnized bv
Rev. J. w. Norris at Bethel A. M. %.
Church, on Thursday evening. The
church was handsomely decorated for
the occasion and well filed by eager
spectators, including a number of
whites, A reception followed directly
after the ceremony at the brides father,
Thomas Hemsley. The bride was the
recipient ola large number of presents.
The groom intends to build a new
house soon for their occupancy.
AT one of the vendues in this vicinity
last winter a COW from whose milk
seven pounds of butter could be made
a week las was stated in the advertise
ment) sold for $40. The cow soon after
changed hands and was then sold again.
the sum of 500 being paid. The cow
on coming to town did not at all meet
the expectations of her owner IN her
milk and butter qualities and she was
resold to farmer for $40. She has
since Tegained her former reputation,
and the man who bought her for 500
and sold her for $40 is quite DESTROYS II
is stated, to buy her back at $50. That
animal would do very we'll to couple in
value with the ups and downs of Read
ing railroad stock.
The State appropriation to our
school which was manifestly wrong
has been corrected. Instead of 1927. 73,
the figures IS per the first calculation
the consolidated district gets 81. 1897. %.
Superintendent Handy, knowing that
the calculation had been wrongly made,
went directly to New Castle to see
State Treasurer Herbert, and together
were not long in finding where the
source of the error was,-the pro rata
OF distribution being on the old instead
OF the new law. On Saturday. Col.
Raymond, the President of the Boad of
School Directors, went to Dover and
drew the proper amount, and placed
it in the hands of the treasurer the
same day. There was a similar error
in many of the districts, Milford get
ting greater excess than was our de-
ficiency.
Raising Chickens in Winter.